Brick's Cafe Franklin

Let me start by saying I LOVE Bricks Cafe and I LOVE their food!! I even worked here for many years throughout high school and enjoyed every minute of it. It’s one of my favorite places to bring my out of town guest and friends because their food is so so yummy!!! However…. It makes me so sad to see the restaurant itself not being kept up or updated. I understand the pandemic really hurt a lot of businesses and I am SO happy Bricks Cafe made it through!! But when I walk in, it just feels so dirty. You can only put lipstick on a pig for so long… Again, I love their food & I love their staff! But I DESPERATELY hope they decide to update this place soon. The only thing that has changed in the many many years since I’ve worked here is the artwork. It needs a good cleaning, new paint, and new furniture. I say all of this with love! And the only reason I’m writing a review is because I have no idea who the owners are now. Truly, if you’re ever in town, I do hope you stop and try their food because it really is SO good!! Cajun fondue, Bang Bang Shrimp, Bow Tie Caesar salad, their pastas and pizzas just to name a few are all to DIE for!!!

Bricks Cafe way exceeded our expectations. Doesn’t look like much from the outside. Tucked into a strip mall. From the minute we walked in we were greeted with such hospitality. Extremely genuine and friendly. We had a pizza and the bang bang shrimp. Pizza was so fresh with quality ingredients. Bang bang shrimp wasn’t spicy like we expected and had just the best flavor. You could tell the shrimp was freshly prepared.

The service was terrible not to mention the food. Took 40 minutes to get my check after trying to flag down several people. My credit card was run as a refund instead of a charge. Had to go find the waiter. His superior was like rerun and could have cared less that I was the one who had to come to them to get it fixed after waiting for my check. Just took my credit card reversed the refund and charged me. There was a charge for an “ open table” separate for chips and salsa that was presented as part of the meal. The whole experience was awful & the price for lunch was outrageous for what we were served. Never been to this restaurant & will never go back.

Friendly waiters, good music and most importantly: GOOD FOOD! Love their thin crust pizza! Got the seasonal butternut squash and goat cheese pizza- so delicious. This place never lets me down.

This looks like a nice “corner pub” style of place with a large bar area and table seating. Our waiter Gregory was friendly and took our drink and appetizer orders. Now before you read further grab a napkin cause you’ll be drooling… For an appetizer we went with the Cajun Bayou Fondue and this is one of the best appetizers I have had in a long time. This dish was filled with fresh shrimp, crawfish, spinach, and baby portabella mushrooms in a Cajun fondue cream sauce with toasted Ciabatta bread. This dish was “slap ya mama” good!!! I would come back just for a beer and this appetizer!!! For the main courses we went with the Black Angus Ribeye topped with herbed sage butter and spinach plus the Portabellini Chicken that consisted of TWO marinated grilled chicken breasts over red mashed potatoes and smothered with sautéed baby portabella mushrooms in a roasted garlic red wine demi-glaze. The Ribeye was perfectly cooked and so tender you could cut it with a fork…delicious. The Portabellini Chicken with the red wine demi-glaze was really flavorful and for some would have been enough for two people. Bottom line…this place serves up delicious food in a comfortable atmosphere with great service. Everyone from the person greeting us when we came in to our waiter Gregory were outstanding. The price here is more middle of the road versus “bar” pricing, but as they say…you get what you pay for!

I did a search for best places to eat around Brentwood and found this gem to try out. The shrimp pasta was amazing and filling. I can't believe I ate the whole dish but I couldn't stop since it was so good.

Ordered a Reuben sandwich. It came out on white bread. I asked why and was told they were out of Rye bread. Should have told me upfront. Very little kraut. I asked why and was told they were running low. Should have told me upfront. Server said she'd adjust the price, but didn't. $20 for a terrible sandwich and tea. Big mistake.

I’m from Georgia and was looking for a healthy place to eat for lunch. I used google maps to find a place that was nearby where I was. This place had almost 5 stars so I decided to go. There is hardly anything on the menu that’s healthy. I decided to go with the salmon with butter on the side and sweet potato fries. Maybe about 500 calories . The salmon was average so was were the fries. Cost $21. The fries were an extra $1. I could have gotten 2 grilled chick fil a chickens with fruit from Chick-fil-A for under $10. O well.

Friend had the crawfish enchiladas which he really enjoyed. I had the vegetarian Tuscan pasta which was tasty. The asparagus was quite woody on the ends & inedible. The waiter also forgot the bread that comes with the pasta.

The two times I've been to this restaurant, I haven't had a pleasant experience. The first time we waited 45+ minutes to receive our food order, as they had a large call in for pizzas. To my recollection, we hadn't ordered pizzas, but their entire kitchen staff seemed preoccupied with taking care of that order vs. the patrons dining in. The second time I called for pizza takeout and it wasn't very good and we had ordered with olives, only to find out once we picked up, it was greek olives only. They should communicate greek olives vs black olives. I won't return.